WELLINGTON CARE CENTER - WELLINGTON, TX

Complaint Deficiency

• Give or get quality lab services/tests in a timely manner to meet the needs of residents
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• Give or get quality lab services/tests in a timely manner to meet the needs of residents
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• Exits that are accessible at all times
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Signs that state that exit doors are to be kept closed
  • Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
  • Scope: Some
• Approved construction type or materials
  • Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
  • Scope: Some
• Make sure menus meet the resident's nutritional needs and that there is a prepared menu by which nutritious meals have been planned for the resident and followed
  • Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
  • Scope: Some
• A two-hour-resistant firewall in common walls
  • Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
  • Scope: Some
• Follow policies and procedures to convey the resident's personal funds to the appropriate party responsible after the resident's death
  • Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
  • Scope: Some
• Exits that are accessible at all times
  • Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
  • Scope: Some
• Proper exit design
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• Make sure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, and receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder function
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Exits that are free from obstructions and can be used at all times
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Give or get quality lab services/tests in a timely manner to meet the needs of residents
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Record of quarterly fire drills for each shift under varying conditions
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Posted No-smoking signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or did not provide ashtrays where smoking was allowed
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Weekly inspections and monthly testing of generators
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Follow policies and procedures to convey the resident's personal funds to the appropriate party responsible after the resident's death
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Some
• Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Post nurse staffing information/data on a daily basis
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Walls or barriers that prevent smoke from passing through and would resist fire for at least one hour
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• An externally vented heating system
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Some
• Use a registered nurse at least 8 hours a day, 7 days a week
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Train all employees on what to do in an emergency, and carry out announced staff drills
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Did not have a written emergency evacuation plan
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few

Quality Measures

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